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transpose

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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trans·pose /trænˈspəʊz $ -ˈspoʊz/ verb [transitive + into/to] technical  1. formalCHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT to change the order or position of two or more things 变换,调换〔顺序或位置〕2. to use a system or method in a different situation from the one you used it in originally 转移〔系统、方法等的使用环境〕3. APMto write or perform a piece of music in a musical key that is different from the one that it was first written in 使〔乐曲〕变调,移调transposition /ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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Examples from the Corpus
transposeBut when you have to transpose by a third or more you have to go back to square one.Wedding and funeral forms, sent in by the families, were passed to me for transposing into the accepted cliches.We may close our eyes tightly against the ramshackle buildings all about and transpose ourselves to the top of Mount Pitt.To see it only need one transpose the four protagonists as follows.I had transposed the last two digits of her phone number.Lacan transposes these structuralist accounts to the level of individual psychosexual development.Those that did not depend upon the land or the sea she might transpose to another setting.If my mind could be transposed to film, I could remember probably about thirty good or really meaningful shots.
Origin transpose (1300-1400) Old French transposer, from Latin transponere to change the position of, from ponere to put
trans·pose verbChineseSyllable
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transpose
transpose /trænˈspəʊz $ -ˈspoʊz/ verb [transitive+ into/to] technical
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: transposer, from Latin transponere 'to change the position of', from ponere 'to put'
1. formal to change the order or position of two or more things
2. to use a system or method in a different situation from the one you used it in originally
3. to write or perform a piece of music in a musical key that is different from the one that it was first written in
—transposition /ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]


trans·poseBrE /trænˈspəʊz/ 🔊NAmE /trænˈspoʊz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they transpose BrE /trænˈspəʊz/ 🔊 NAmE /trænˈspoʊz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it transposes BrE /trænˈspəʊzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /trænˈspoʊzɪz/ 🔊past simple transposed BrE /trænˈspəʊzd/ 🔊 NAmE /trænˈspoʊzd/ 🔊past participle transposed BrE /trænˈspəʊzd/ 🔊 NAmE /trænˈspoʊzd/ 🔊 -ing form transposing BrE /trænˈspəʊzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /trænˈspoʊzɪŋ/ 🔊 [often passive] ~ sth (formal) to change the order of two or more things 使掉换顺序 SYN reverse ~ sth (from sth) (to sth) (formal) to move or change sth to a different place or environment or into a different form 使转移;使换位;使变形 SYN transfer The director transposes Shakespeare's play from 16th century Venice to present-day England. 导演把莎士比亚的戏剧从 16 世纪的威尼斯改成当代的英国。🔊🔊~ sth (music 音乐) to write or play a piece of music or a series of notes in a different key 使(乐曲)变调,移调 trans·pos·ition BrE /ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable]